Calvary in Easton's Bible Dictionary
only in Luke 23:33, the Latin name Calvaria, which was used as
a
translation of the Greek word _Kranion_, by which the
Hebrew
word _Gulgoleth_ was interpreted, "the place of a
skull." It
probably took this name from its shape, being a
hillock or low,
rounded, bare elevation somewhat in the form of a
human skull.
It is nowhere in Scripture called a "hill." The
crucifixion of
our Lord took place outside the city walls (Heb.
13:11-13) and
near the public thoroughfare. "This thing was not done
in a
corner." (See GOLGOTHA -T0001522.)
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